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Why did Plato banish the poet from his ideal state?
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- 1The poet can never produce a completely accurate replica of the reality it seeks to represent, and (moreover) the purpose of art is not to describe reality but to change it.
- 2In representing the sensual aspects of reality, the poet fails to discern the transcendent reality behind mere appearance.✓
- 3Poetry deals with form, to the neglect of content.
- 4Poetry makes an artificial distinction between form and content.
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In representing the sensual aspects of reality, the poet fails to discern the transcendent reality behind mere appearance.
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